Archive for October, 2008
October Wrap-up
It really just seems a couple of days ago that I was tearing September’s page off my desk calendar. Now October is all but gone. October is a beautiful month; so colorful and mild (here); I hate to see it go. The first week of it found us going up to Hyden and Hazard, KY [...]
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Tags: Donoho House, fall, October
A weekend in October
I know I am not very consistent with this thing… I so very enjoy reading them, but am not ALWAYS ready for the writing of them. I think I over-think what I might want to say, and then I say nothing. This will be just a bit of journaling. Just a telling of [...]
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Tags: Demos, Hamburgers, Saturday
Good to eat…
Halloween is next Friday — time to go to the store and get something good to eat! and keep all your favorites and give the rest to the little goblins! *laughing*
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Something good to eat…
That is the thought that is going around in the back of my mind. Sometime during the course of the visit with Gail a week and a half ago, we were discussing desserts. No, we were eating dessert. I had taken some bread pudding and had drizzled butterscotch sauce over it. She said, Vic, lets [...]
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Tags: cooking, dessert, recipe
Weekend wanderings
It is official (for me anyway) – Christmas shopping season has begun. I have now bought two Christmas gifts. Nevermind that I didn’t need to buy the first one. I looked the list (where we drew names) and thought “we got Rick’s name again.” And Larry bought his present. They informed me this week-end that [...]
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Tags: Hazard KY, Hyden, weekend
I had in mind
when I came back from vacation to give an account of my travels with photos (as I have been doing.) But it has taken longer than I imagined. First I had over 1000 photos to upload and go through. Then I had to get my thoughts together, and try to remember which photos went with [...]
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Tags: Ramblings
Carolina Coast (part three)
Huntington Beach State Park…In January 1930 a rich couple from New York sailed down the inter-costal waterway to check out a piece of property described in a real estate brochure. They decided they wanted to own it. They purchased 6,635 acres to be used as a preserve for plants and animals, including the 2500-acre [...]
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Tags: alligator, Charleston, Huntington Beach, lighthouse
In Wilmington (North Carolina) we drive to the historic downtown section and park. We walk down one street and then cut through to the riverfront. There is a board-walk along beside the river (Cape Fear ).
We stroll along looking at all these shops and bars and tea rooms along the way, as well as [...]
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Tags: Cape Fear, Carolina Coast, Ferry, lighthouse, Loose Lucy, vacation
